DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 23 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 22, 2024, entitled "Louisiana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - November 2023": * * * Louisiana had 112,000 job openings in November 2023, compared to 122,000 openings in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Orleans Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has launched a new campaign encouraging the public to make Every Day Take Back Day by utilizing year-round collection sites to dispose of unneeded and unwanted medications. For more than a decade, DEA has worked with state and local law enforcement partners to host National Prescription Drug Take Back  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 25 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the Morganza to the Gulf Project, Surveys and Borings Analysis, Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana Environmental Assessment #597 and the associated 404(b)(1) for a 30-day public review and comment period starting January 24, 2024. The draft assessment evaluates the potential impacts to the environment from the surveys, b  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following news release: As current Chair of the International Grains Council (IGC), the United States hosted the 59th International Grains Council Session and 2024 Grains Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana this week. The IGC discusses current and prospective world grain market developments, and monitors changes in national grain policies and their market implications. IGC provides critical grain and  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: JOANNA MANZANO, age 34, a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on January 24, 2024 by United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to three years' probation and a $100.00 mandatory special assessment fee after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture or substance containing a detect  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that MICHELLE ANDRE, age 48, a physician residing in Houma, La. was charged on January 9, 2024 with distribution of misbranded drugs, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 331. According to court documents, from April 2018 through March 2023, ANDRE introduced misbranded drugs, including medroxyprogeste  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: COREY BESSIE, age 30, a resident of Orleans Parish, pled guilty on January 22, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Darrel James Papillion to Counts 6 and 7 of the indictment pending against him. Count 6 charged BESSIE with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. Sec. 922(g). Count 7 charged BESSIE with possession with the inte  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TYRONE SMOTHERS, age 41, of New Orleans, plead guilty on January 18, 2024, to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 841(b)(1)(D); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, i  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROXANNE CARTER, age 36, pled guilty on January 23, 2024 before United States District Judge Brandon S. Long to a five-count superseding bill of information. Specifically, CARTER pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl and a quantity of cocaine, in violat  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JASMINE GRIFFIN and BYRONEISHA BUTLER, were sentenced on January 18, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo for their involvement in a gang case. GRIFFIN previously pled guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 371, and Misprision of a Fel  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: DANIELLE REED, age 43, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on January 17, 2024 to 130 months imprisonment, three (3) years supervised release, and a $200 mandatory special assessment fee, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. REED previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United State  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROBERT C. METZLER, age 60, pled guilty on January 23, 2024 before United States District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of carisoprodol, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 846 (Count 1), and pos  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: Two Louisiana men pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, announced U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee, Acting Special Agent in Charge Stephanie Johnson of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Colonel Jerry Carter of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Brandon Scott Favre, 49, of Baton Rouge, pled guilty on November 8, 202  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Louisiana man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Edward Richmond Jr., 40, of Geisma  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: DERRIN RILEY, age 28, and JONATHAN FRANK, age 40, residents of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on January 23, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey. RILEY pleaded guilty to one count, and FRANK pleaded guilty to two counts, of possessing goods stolen from an interstate shipment, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 659. RILEY also plea  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: BRANDON JOHNSON, a/k/a, Brandon Smith, age 32, a resident of Jefferson Parish, pled guilty on January 18, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier to Counts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 of the indictment pending against him. Count 1 charged JOHNSON with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of Title 18, United States   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.1 million grant to Sewerage District No. 1 of Iberia Parish, New Iberia, Louisiana, for wastewater infrastructure improvements to support business and research growth in the Acadiana region. This grant will support the   more